Crushing and screening company Pilot Crushtec International says using the Sandvik UD211 heavy-duty integrated crushing and screening unit makes practical sense for small start-up mines and more established mines requiring a constant aggregate supply for construction growth to use at their operations.

This follows the delivery of a Sandvik UD211 to Crushtek Mining’s operation in Zambia, in January this year.

“The product is in effect a complete mobile crushing plant – a combination of a grizzly feeder, a jaw crusher, a cone crusher and a triple-deck screen contained in a single compact trailer. “This unit has predominantly been used by mines for stone products, ranging from construction stone, dam wall aggregates, haul road stone, stemming stone for blasting and can be relocated around the mine to be used where required,” says Pilot Crushtec International Africa sales manager Wayne Warren.

Warren adds that the deal for supplying the Sandvik UD211 was concluded following a demonstration of the product in a mining application. He points out that Pilot Crushtec International identified the Sandvik UD211 as a natural choice to cater for the requirements at Crushtek Mining as it was looking for a powerful crushing solution for its Zambian operation.

The Sandvik UD211 has been designed to process a diverse range of materials, including granite, quartzite, basalt, sandstone and iron-ore. The Sandvik UD211 used at Crushtek Mining is the latest addition to the company’s existing fleet of Pilot Crushtec International equipment, which includes a Pilot Modular GFH560 grizzly feeder and a Pilot Modular DD2412 screen.

The Sandvik UD211 has also been used in road-aggregate projects, owing to the unit’s flexibility and its cost effectiveness on smaller projects.

“Setup and relocation are simple, with the use of one generator or mains power, if possible, rather than using three diesel engines – as is customary in a larger mobile train – proving to be advantageous,” says Warren.

He further mentions that, instead of using crushing plants that are difficult to move around, a contractor can rather have multiple Sandvik UD211 crushing plants and add or remove them from crushing sites to meet required capacity.

Adding to the flexibility derived from the Sandvik Cone Crusher’s unique throw and liner options on the standard UD211 unit, the screen’s direct feed to the cone and the electric operation differentiate this product from other products in similar applications.

Warren concludes that the Sandvik UD211 is the sixth unit to be used in Zambia and the plants have been used with significant success, lead- ing to further interest and more orders being placed.